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To: decimon
Which reminds me of a question: If you add up all the angular momentum of all the planets around the sun and that of the sun itself, that's a huge amount of energy. Where did it come from?

And why is it all in the same direction? It seems things falling into the sun's gravitational well would randomize in their contribution of potential energy to angular momentum. Instead, it all adds up in the same direction...

7 posted on 04/13/2010 5:47:29 AM PDT by Huebolt (Some people are born to be slaves. They register as democrats.)
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What I recall from physics is that the angle of the dangle...


9 posted on 04/13/2010 5:58:34 AM PDT by decimon
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Instead, it all adds up in the same direction...

Kinda like it was designed....

10 posted on 04/13/2010 6:04:19 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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